Sunglasses, traffic signals, and color vision deficiencies

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2009, Pages e296-e305

  Dain, Stephen J ^a   Wood, Joanne M ^a   Atchison, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Color vision deficiency; Driving; Sunglass standards; Sunglasses; Traffic signals

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR; COLOR VISION DEFECT; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SPECTACLES; SUNLIGHT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TRACKING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPONSE TIME; SUNGLASSES; TRAFFIC;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLOR; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; SUNLIGHT; TRANSPORTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

COLOR VISION DEFICIENCIES; COLOR VISION DEFICIENCY; DRIVING; ERROR RATE; GROUP DIFFERENCES; INTERACTION EFFECT; PROTANOPES; RANDOM INTERVAL; RECOGNITION ERROR; RESPONSE ERROR; RESPONSE TIME; SUNGLASS STANDARDS; SUNGLASSES; TRAFFIC LIGHT;

COLOR; COLOR VISION; ERROR DETECTION; RANDOM ERRORS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STANDARDS;

TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

EID: 67449099796     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: 15389235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318199d1da     Document Type: Article

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