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Keeping In Touch: Talking to Older People about Computers and Communication

Anna Dickinson School of Computing, University of Dundee, Dundee, United KingdomCorrespondence[email protected]
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Robin L. Hill HCRC, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Pages 613-630 | Published online: 27 Jul 2007

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