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Document ID (ISN)35271
CIS number 81-401
Year 1980
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Gallen B.
Title Colour and work - Colour surroundings - Dyschromatopsia - Occupational capability
Original title Couleur et travail - Ambiance colorée - Dyschromatopsies - Aptitudes professionnelles. [in French]
Bibliographic information Université de Paris VII, Faculté de médecine Lariboisière - Saint-Louis, Paris, France, 1980. 240p. 64 ref.
Abstract MD thesis: physical, physiological and psychological aspects of colour vision; importance of colours for staff morale, accident prevention and fatigue; workplace lighting; medical aspects (colour vision deficiency, screening tests for this condition in occupational medicine); effects of colour vision deficiency on work performance and ability in jobs involving important safety factors; problems arising from dissimulating or simulating colour vision deficiency; importance of role of plant physician in certifying aptitude for work.
Descriptors (primary) visual function disorders; lighting and colour; colour vision deficiency
Descriptors (secondary) France; thesis; colour schemes; contraindication; vision tests; colour coding; physiology of vision
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Lighting, colour and vision
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Lighting and colour
Diseases of the eye and vision damage