e-Government online forms: Design guidelines for older adults in Europe

Universal Access in the Information Society

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-16

  Money, Arthur G ^a   Lines, Lorna ^a   Fernando, Senaka ^a   Elliman, Anthony D ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Assistive technology; e Government; Older adults; Online forms

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; E-GOVERNMENT; OLDER ADULTS; ONLINE FORMS;

DESIGN; GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; TECHNOLOGY;

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE;

EID: 79952185673     PISSN: 16155289     EISSN: 16155297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10209-010-0191-y     Document Type: Article

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