Converging applications for active ageing policy

Foresight

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 30-42

  Compao R ^a,b   Bock, A K ^a,c   Burgelman, J C ^a,c   Cabrera, M ^a,c   Da Costa, O ^a   Mattsson, P ^a,d   Malanowski, N ^a,e,f  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^c IPTS

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAGEN   (Germany)

^f VDI Technology Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Elderly people; Europe

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646359417     PISSN: 14636689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636680610656165     Document Type: Article

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