Designing universal access: Web-applications for the elderly and disabled

Cognition, Technology and Work

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 209-218

  Johnson, Robert ^a   Kent, Simon ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Older users; Web applications; Web design; Web usability

Indexed keywords

EID: 35248879196     PISSN: 14355558     EISSN: 14355566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10111-007-0063-2     Document Type: Article

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