Age differences in attitudes toward computers

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1998, Pages

  Czaja, Sara J ^a   Sharit, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPUTER; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DATA BASE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031709352     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/53B.5.P329     Document Type: Article

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