Ubiquitous cardiology: Emerging wireless telemedical applications

Ubiquitous Cardiology: Emerging Wireless Telemedical Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-399

  Augustyniak, Piotr ^a   Tadeusiewicz, Ryszard ^a   Macfarlane, Peter ^b  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b International Society of Electrocardiology   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84898326860     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-080-6     Document Type: Book

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