title: Prevalence of colour blindness among the first year medical & dental students of Mymensingh Medical College, Bangladesh.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to detect the etiology, type and prevalence of colour blindness & to create awareness among the blind personnel. A survey of colour blindness among 239 ( male-87 & female-152) Medical and Dental first year students during their medical checkup before admission into Mymensingh Medical College in the session of 2012-2013 was done. Among them 8(male-7, female-1) were colour blind and prevalence was 3.35 % with a marked male predominance (male 8.04%, female 0.66 %). In view of the potential difficulties faced by such personnel in clinical works, detection during medical admission allowed appropriate counseling regarding subject selection for their future carrier.
authors.affiliation: Dr Md Ismail Hossain, Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Mymensingh Medical College, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Hossain
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nahar
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Dad
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Uddin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D003117:Color Vision Defects / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D013335:Students, Dental / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*