Validity of clinical color vision tests for air traffic control

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 666-674

  Mertens, Henry W ^a   Milburn, Nelda J ^a  

^a CIVIL AEROSPACE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; AIRPLANE CREW; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COLOR VISION DEFECT; COLOR VISION TEST; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCREENING TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AVIATION; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0031858701     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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