Colour blindness

Public Health

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 81-84

  Gordon, N ^a  

^a Huntlywood   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career choice; Causes colour vision deficit; Colour vision; General education; Types colour vision deficit; Vision testing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAREER; CHILD; COLOR BLINDNESS; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PERSONALITY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SCREENING; X CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE;

EID: 0031902026     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(98)00590-3     Document Type: Article

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