Active and Healthy Ageing and Independent Living
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چکیده
1Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Federico II University and R&D, Federico II University Hospital, Italy 2Roessingh Research and Development, Telemedicine Group, Enschede, Netherlands 3University of Twente, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Telemedicine Group, Enschede, Netherlands 4Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation, St. Finbarr’s Hospital, University College Cork, Ireland 5CIRFF, Center of Pharmacoeconomics, Federico II University, Naples, Italy 6Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy 7Department of Computing Science, Umeå University, Sweden
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دوره 2015 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2015