Contents

• WORKING GROUP 41
• COMMITTEE ON VISION
• PREFACE
• CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
  • COLOR VISION REQUIREMENTS IN DIFFERENT OCCUPATIONS
  • SELECTING COLOR VISION TESTS
• CHAPTER 2. CLASSIFICATION OF COLOR VISION DEFECTS
  • NORMAL COLOR VISION
  • CONGENITAL SEX-LINKED COLOR VISION DEFECTS
  • AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT TRITAN DEFECT
  • ACQUIRED COLOR VISION DEFECTS
  • PHYSICAL FACTORS AFFECTING COLOR VISION
• CHAPTER 3. COLOR VISION TESTS
  • HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
  • GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF TYPES OF COLOR VISION TESTS
  • HOW TO EVALUATE A COLOR TEST
  • ILLUMINANTS
  • EXISTING TESTS: AVAILABILITY, PRACTICALITY, AND PROCEDURES
• CHAPTER 4. USING COLOR VISION TESTS
  • EVALUATION OF CONGENITAL AND ACQUIRED COLOR VISION DEFECTS
  • CLASSIFICATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF CHROMATIC DISCRIMINATIVE ABILITY
  • SCREENING FOR PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES
  • TEST ADMINISTRATION: TRAINING PERSONNEL TO ADMINISTER TESTS
  • SOME SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF TESTING
  • COLOR VISION “CURES” AND “REMEDIES”
• CHAPTER 5. RECOMMENDATIONS
• APPENDIX UNDERSTANDING TEST DESIGN
• REFERENCES

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