User instructions for the elderly: What the literature tells us

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 521-536

  Van Hees, Maartje M W ^a  

^a Digital Equipment BV   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0005581621     PISSN: 00472816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/WHXR-PX60-XCXM-HVTU     Document Type: Article

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