Providing access to the internet for people with disabilities: Short and medium term research demands

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 491-498

  Weber, Harald ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Design; Disabilities; Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011247014     PISSN: 1463922X     EISSN: 1464536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14639220500077387     Document Type: Article

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