Occupational psychophysics to establish vision requirements

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 910-923

  Johnson, Chris A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Color vision; Essential job functions; Job analysis; Occupation; Peripheral vision; Psychophysics; Vision; Vision requirements; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS; OCCUPATION; PERIPHERAL VISION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ABERRATIONS; COLOR; COLOR VISION; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN ENGINEERING; JOB ANALYSIS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

PHYSICS;

ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DARK ADAPTATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB INTERVIEW; JOB PERFORMANCE; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; WORK ENVIRONMENT; BINOCULAR VISION; METHODOLOGY; MONOCULAR VISION; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISORDER; WORK CAPACITY;

COLOR VISION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISION, LOW; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 58149218944     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181888953     Document Type: Article

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