Medicines Identification for African Illiterate Patients Using Near Field Communication (2024)

Mareli, M., Rimer, S., Paul, B. S., & Ouahada, K. (2014). Medicines Identification for African Illiterate Patients Using Near Field Communication. In e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries - 5th International Conference, AFRICOMM 2013, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 121-129). (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST; Vol. 135 LNICST). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08368-1_14

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Medicines Identification for African Illiterate Patients Using Near Field Communication. / Mareli, Mahlaku; Rimer, Suvendi; Paul, Babu Sean et al.
e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries - 5th International Conference, AFRICOMM 2013, Revised Selected Papers. Springer Verlag, 2014. p. 121-129 (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST; Vol. 135 LNICST).

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