Older women and the internet

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 161-174

  Campbell, Robert J ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care; Internet; Medical information; Older women; Participation

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERNET; MALE; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WOMEN;

EID: 3042800600     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v16n01_11     Document Type: Article

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