Pro-nets versus no-nets: Differences in urban older adults' predilections for internet use

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 500-520

  Cresci, M Kay ^a   Yarandi, Hossein N ^a   Morrell, Roger W ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUMAN RESOURCES RESEARCH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

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EID: 77951711496     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270903212476     Document Type: Article

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