Gray matters: Where are the technical communicators in research and design for aging audiences?

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 157-170

  Lippincott, Gail ^a  

^a RGL Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; GERIATRICS; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

ACCESIBILITY; AGING AUDIENCES; DOCUMENT DESIGN; GERONTECHNOLOGY; OLDER ADULTS;

TECHNICAL WRITING;

EID: 4544378018     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2004.833687     Document Type: Article

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