Introducing computers to frail residents of homes for the aged

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 345-358

  Sherer, Moshe ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 21744459629     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0360127970230404     Document Type: Article

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