A study of the use of mobile phones by older persons

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 989-994

  Kurniawan, Sri ^a   Mahmud, Murni ^a   Nugroho, Yanuar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Focus group; Mobile phone; Older adults; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY; FOCUS GROUPS; MIXED METHOD; OLDER ADULTS; OLDER PEOPLE; ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE; PERCEIVED BENEFITS; QUESTIONNAIRE; USAGE PATTERNS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; SURVEYS;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

EID: 84869130505     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1125451.1125641     Document Type: Conference Paper

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