Learning to use a home medical device: Mediating age-related differences with training

Human Factors

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 354-364

  Mykityshyn, Amy L ^a   Fisk, Arthur D ^a   Rogers, Wendy A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CALIBRATION; GLUCOSE; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

HOME MEDICAL DEVICES;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; REVIEW; TRAINING;

EID: 0036761822     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/0018720024497727     Document Type: Review

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