The influence of age, gender and other information technology use on young people’s computer use at school and home

Work

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 61-71

  Harris, C ^a,b   Straker, L ^a,b   Pollock, C ^a,b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Ergonomics; Exposure; Home; Human machine interface; School

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MALE; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874372875     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-121494     Document Type: Article

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