Visual function of police officers who have undergone refractive surgery

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 885-894

  Hovis, Jeffery K ^a   Ramaswamy, Shankaran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mesopic vision; Police recruits; Refractive surgery; Vision standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MESOTEST SCORE; NIGHT VISION; PELLI ROBSON CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; POLICE; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, LASER; NIGHT BLINDNESS; ONTARIO; POLICE; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 33750935141     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20384     Document Type: Article

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