E-government usability for older adults

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 102-104

  Becker, Shirley Ann ^a  

^a FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT (E-GOVERNMENT); GROWTH RATE; ONLINE RESOURCES; SOCIAL SERVICES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE; INTERNET; LIBRARIES; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TAXATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 13444273193     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1042091.1042127     Document Type: Review

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