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Empirical Research

Designing an Internet-of-Things (IoT) and sensor-based in-home monitoring system for assisting diabetes patients: iterative learning from two case studies

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Pages 670-685 | Received 10 Jun 2015, Accepted 26 Apr 2018, Published online: 03 Jul 2018

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