Tomorrow's elders with disabilities: What the wireless industry needs to know

Journal of Engineering Design

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 131-146

  Morris, John ^a   Mueller, James ^a   Jones, Michael ^a  

^a SHEPHERD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive design; Ethnography; Human factors; Industrial design; Wireless

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951196915     PISSN: 09544828     EISSN: 14661837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09544820903303431     Document Type: Article

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