An exploratory study of how older women use mobile phones

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 4206 LNCS, Issue , 2006, Pages 105-122

  Kurniawan, Sri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Focus group; Mobile phone; Older adults; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

LEARNING SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

COOPERATIVE LEARNING; FOCUS GROUPS; MOBILE PHONES; QUESTIONNAIRE;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33750364223     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/11853565_7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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