The prevalence of need for assistive technology devices and home accessibility features

Technology and Disability

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 17-28

  LaPlante, Mitchell P ^a   Hendershot, Gerry E ^b   Moss, Abigail J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Demographics; Prevalence; Statistics; Unmet need

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH STATISTICS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031002098     PISSN: 10554181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-4181(96)00193-8     Document Type: Article

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