Color Vision Changes in Young Subjects Acutely Exposed to 3,000 m Altitude

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 4 SEC. I, 2004, Pages 364-366

  Karakucuk, Sarper ^a   Oner, Ayse O ^a   Goktas, Sertan ^a   Siki, Ergun ^a   Kose, Oznur ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Altitude; Anoxia; Color perception; Eye; Vision tests

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARMY; ARTICLE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COLOR VISION; COLOR VISION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PHOTOPIC VISION; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTION INDEX; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; VISION TESTS;

EID: 1842527105     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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