Older adults and the adoption of healthcare technology: Opportunities and challenges

Technologies for Active Aging

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 27-46

  Czaja, Sara ^a   Beach, Scott ^b   Charness, Neil ^c   Schulz, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85015718189     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8348-0_3     Document Type: Chapter

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