Setting an Uncorrected Visual Acuity Standard for Police Officer Applicants

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 817-824

  Good, Gregory W ^a   Maisel, Sheila C ^a   Kriska, S David ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Civil Service Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB FINDING; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; SOCIAL CONTROL; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ADULT; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB APPLICATION; MALE; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; UNITED STATES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032185183     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.83.5.817     Document Type: Article

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