Getting Grandma Online: Are Tablets the Answer for Increasing Digital Inclusion for Older Adults in the U.S.?

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Educational Gerontology

• Publication date

  2015-05-11

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Computer Science, Psychology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1080/03601277.2015.1048165PMID 26877583PMCID PMC4748942
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