Short communication: Colour vision and proficiency in diagnostic microscopy

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 433-434

  Seki, Naomi ^a   Yassin, Mohammed A ^a   Cuevas, Luis E ^a   Bailey, J Wendy ^a   Squire, S Bertel ^a   Ramsay, Andrew ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colour discrimination test; Ethiopia; Laboratory diagnosis; Light microscopy; Malaria; Relapsing fever; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

VISION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COLOR VISION; COLOR VISION TEST; COMPETENCE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; QUALITY CONTROL; SPUTUM SMEAR;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLOR PERCEPTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 19044370400     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01422.x     Document Type: Article

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