Training older adults to access health information

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 483-500

  Bertera, Elizabeth M ^a,b   Bertera, Robert L ^a   Morgan, Russell ^a   Wuertz, Ellen ^a   Attey, Alfred M O ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 34249113264     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270701328250     Document Type: Article

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