The use of assistive technology in different age-groups of old people

Assistive Technology Research Series

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 22-26

  Löfqvist, Charlotte ^a   Haak, Maria ^a   Slaug, Björn ^a  

^a Lund University   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ADL; Ageing; Ageing process; Assistive devices; Disability; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889071065     PISSN: 1383813X     EISSN: 18798071     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-304-9-22     Document Type: Conference Paper

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