Colour vision deficiency in the medical profession

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 49, Issue 443, 1999, Pages 469-475

  Spalding, J Anthony B ^a,b  

^a International Colour Vision Society   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital and acquired colour vision deficiency; Prevalence; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR BLINDNESS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL STUDENT; SCREENING; SKILL;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0033016993     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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