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Original Article

The Impact of Experience and Heuristics on Everyday Decisions to Use Mobility Devices: The Need for Control in Nine African-American Older Adults

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Pages 57-74 | Received 15 Mar 2002, Accepted 22 May 2002, Published online: 28 Jul 2009

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