Accessibility and use of touchscreens by black and ethnic minority groups in the three cities project

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 199-211

  Peters, Jean ^a   Jackson, Margot ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Access; Deprivation; Ethnic; Health Information; Multi language; Touchscreen

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NEGRO; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTERS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LEICESTER [ENGLAND]; NOTTINGHAM [ENGLAND]; SHEFFIELD [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 21844435480     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850500086762     Document Type: Article

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