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Contrast Thresholds of the Human Eye
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- Authors
- Blackwell, H. R.
- Venue
- Journal of the Optical Society of America
- Publisher
- Optica Publishing Group
- Published
- 1946-11-01
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 624
- ISSN
- 0030-3941 (ISSN-L)
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- W2082582445
- Cited by
- 869
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 16.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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