Sustainable wearables: Wearable technology for enhancing the quality of human life

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Lee, Jaewoon ^a   Kim, Dongho ^a   Ryoo, Han Young ^b   Shin, Byeong Seok ^c  

^a Soongsil University   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^c Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Public interest; Sustainable wearables; The quality of life; Wearable technology

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; NETWORKING; PUBLIC SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH WORK; SENSOR; SOCIAL IMPACT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

EID: 84971320800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8050466     Document Type: Article

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