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Screening for colour vision defects is pointless
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Paediatricians are advocating that childhood screening for congenital colour vision defects (CVD) in the UK be abandoned, based on the results of a retrospective cohort study.
They found little evidence to support screening—used mainly to advise against certain occupations—and say that specialist diagnostic tests, as nationally recommended, are more useful …