Health benefits and barriers to cell phone use in low-income urban U.S. neighborhoods: Indications of technology maintenance

Mobile Media and Communication

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 233-248

  Gonzales, Amy L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell phone; crime prevention; digital divide; health; poverty; reassurance; safety; technology maintenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85002822628     PISSN: 20501579     EISSN: 20501587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2050157914530297     Document Type: Article

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