Aging and information technology /

A special issue on aging and information technology. Topics discussed include a profile of the issue's guest editor, the promise and challenge of information technology as it affects older Americans, the challenges of information technology and population aging, the library as an example of informa...

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Publicado en:Generations Vol. 21; pp. 4 - 71
Formato: Symposium
Publicado: American Society on Aging Fall 1997
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