E-Government Visual Accessibility for Older Adult Users

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-23

  Becker, Shirley Ann ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital government; Universal usability; Web accessibility; Web usability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0442307218     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439303259876     Document Type: Conference Paper

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