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Frequency of colour blindness in Orissa
Author(s) -
DRONAMRAJU K. R.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
annals of human genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1469-1809
pISSN - 0003-4800
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1963.tb01327.x
Subject(s) - nepali , blindness , principal (computer security) , welfare , government (linguistics) , optometry , demography , sociology , political science , medicine , law , art , philosophy , computer science , linguistics , literature , operating system
Summary Twentyfive out of 504 Oriya males and one out of seventeen Nepali males were judged to have abnormal colour vision. The percentage of protans among the Oriyas was found to be 198 and deutans 278. I have to thank Professor J. B. S. Haldane, F.R.S., for suggesting the work, and for his encouragement and advice; Messrs M. R. Shastry and P. Srihari Rao for their able assistance; the Principal and hostel authorities of Utkal Krushi Mahabidyalaya, Bhubaneswar, the Principal of the Gramsevak Training Centre, Bhubaneswar and officials of the Tribal Welfare Department, Government of Orissa, for making arrangements for me to obtain data.