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Document ID (ISN)21603
CIS number 74-1594
ISSN - Serial title 0301-0023 - Journal of the Society of Occupational Medicine
Year 1974
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Ball G.V.
Title Developments in the investigation and aetiology of colour deficiency.
Bibliographic information Apr. 1974, Vol.24, No.2, p.54-58. Illus. 12 ref.
Abstract Current thinking on the mechanism of normal colour vision is briefly reviewed. Colour deficiency can occur both as a hereditary and as an acquired condition; examinations should be designed to distinguish between the 2 forms. Some of the methods of screening for colour-defective individuals are indicated.
Descriptors (primary) vision tests; colour vision deficiency
Descriptors (secondary) aetiology
Document type -
Subject(s) Lighting, colour and vision
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Diseases of the eye and vision damage