Training older workers for technology-based employment

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-31

  Lee, Chin Chin ^a   Czaja, Sara J ^a   Sharit, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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EID: 57749115806     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270802300091     Document Type: Article

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