Keeping in touch: Talking to older people about computers and communication

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 613-630

  Dickinson, Anna ^a   Hill, Robin L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34547497338     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270701363877     Document Type: Article

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