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Special section : ICT in older people
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Escape loneliness by going digital: A quantitative and qualitative evaluation of a Dutch experiment in using ECT to overcome loneliness among older adults

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Pages 496-504 | Received 17 Feb 2006, Accepted 31 Jan 2007, Published online: 11 Oct 2007

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