Prevalence of congenital red-green color vision defects in Arab boys from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 167-170

  Osuobeni, Ebi Peter ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Color blindness; Color vision defects; Red green defects; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR BLINDNESS; COLOR VISION DEFECT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0029904950     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286589609080123     Document Type: Article

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