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Red-Green Color Vision Deficiency and Lack of Awareness among Rural School Students in India
Color vision deficiency (CVD) occurs when there is an error in the development of one or more types of retinal cone cells that receive color in light and transmit that information to the optic nerve (1). Among them, red-green CVD shows the highest prevalence (2). Red-Green CVD is divisible into severe or dichromatic forms [protanopia and deu-teranopia] and milder or anomalous trichromatic forms...
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iranian journal of public healthجلد ۴۴، شماره ۷، صفحات ۱۰۱۸-۱۰۲۰
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