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Monitoring of Human Movements for Fall Detection and Activities Recognition in Elderly Care Using Wireless Sensor Network: a Survey

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Stefano Abbate, Marco Avvenuti, Paolo Corsini, Janet Light and Alessio Vecchio

Submitted: 11 May 2010 Published: 14 December 2010

DOI: 10.5772/13802

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Wireless Sensor Networks: Application - Centric Design

Edited by Geoff V Merrett and Yen Kheng Tan

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Written By

Stefano Abbate, Marco Avvenuti, Paolo Corsini, Janet Light and Alessio Vecchio

Submitted: 11 May 2010 Published: 14 December 2010