Gerontechnology: Creating enabling environments for the challenges and opportunities of aging

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 331-344

  Fozard, James L ^a   Rietsema, Jan ^b   Bouma, Herman ^b   Graafmans, J A M ^b  

^a MORTON PLANT MEASE HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0034376433     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/036012700407820     Document Type: Article

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