What are the benefits and risks of fitting patients with radiofrequency identification devices.
In 2004, the United States Food and Drug Administration approved a radiofrequency identification (RFID) device that is implanted under the skin of the upper arm of patients and that stores the patient's medical identifier. When a scanner is passed over the device, the identifier is displayed on...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007-11-01
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| Series: | PLoS Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2082639?pdf=render |