Computer use among older adults in a naturally occurring retirement community

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3012-3024

  Carpenter, Brian D ^a   Buday, Sarah ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Computers; Internet; Program development; Utilization

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INTERNET; PROGRAM COMPILERS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

NATURALLY OCCURRING RETIREMENT COMMUNITY (NORC); PROGRAM DEVELOPERS; SOLITARY-SOCIAL DIMENSION;

SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

EID: 34249943463     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2006.08.015     Document Type: Article

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