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  • Simavita - White Paper 2011Continence assessment in residential aged care using SIM (available on request via email: marketing@simavita.com)
  • Simavita - White Paper 2010: Poster presented at the International Society for Gerontechnology 7th World Conference. May 27-30, 2010, Vancouver, Canada (available on request via email: marketing@simavita.com)

  • Intel - White Paper: On-Patient Wearable Vital Signs Sensors: Wireless Sensor Network technology converging with Wireless LAN and MPoC systems for Real-Time Monitoring and Management in Healthcare Applications (available on request via email: marketing@simavita.com)

Simavita Clinical Research Reference List

References

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