Elderly Persons and Internet Use

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 389-403

  Ramón Jerónimo, María A ^a   Peral Peral, Begoña ^b   Arenas Gaitán, Jorge ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

elderly persons; gender differences; heterogeneity; Internet; technology acceptance model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879516809     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439312473421     Document Type: Article

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