Training older adults to use the computer: Issues related to the workplace, attitudes, and training

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 453-465

  Baldi, Renee A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 21744435875     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0360126970230505     Document Type: Article

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