Registers for occupational diseases.

Registers for occupational diseases.

Compensation for Occupational Skin Diseases

The Korean list of occupational skin diseases was amended in July 2013. The past list was constructed according to the causative agent and the target organ, and the items of that list had not been reviewed for a long period. The revised list was reconstructed to include diseases classified by the International Classification of Diseases (10th version). Therefore, the items of compensable occupa...

Occupational Lung Diseases

[Occupational lung diseases].

Until workers can be effectively protected from the dusts, gases, and vapors that cause occupational lung diseases, clinicians must focus on careful history taking, precise diagnosis, and prompt therapy to relieve or reduce respiratory disability.

Occupational allergic diseases.