Aviation-relevent epidemiology of color vision deficiency

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-133

  Delpero, Walter T ^a,d   O'Neill, Hugh ^a   Casson, Evanne ^b   Hovis, Jeff ^c  

^a TRANSPORT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Color vision; Dyschromatopsia; Vision standards

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLOROQUINE; DIGOXIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PARACETAMOL; QUININE; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SILDENAFIL; SULFONAMIDE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

AVIATION; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; COLOR VISION; COLOR VISION DEFECT; COLOR VISION TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; NORTH AMERICA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PEER REVIEW; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RACE; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; STANDARD; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; AVIATION; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS;

EID: 12944305789     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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