Use and Perception of Technology: Sex and Generational Differences in a Community Sample

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 729-740

  Van Volkom, Michele ^a   Stapley, Janice C ^a   Malter, Johnna ^a  

^a MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84880940420     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601277.2012.756322     Document Type: Article

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