Community and communication in the third age: The impact of internet and cell phone use on attachment to place in later life in England

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Gilleard, Chris ^a   Hyde, Martin ^a   Higgs, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOBILE PHONE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELLULAR PHONE; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 34548610360     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.4.S276     Document Type: Article

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