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    Medical Services Occupational Lung Diseases Institute

    Medical Services Occupational Lung Diseases Institute is the only public research organization carrying out clinical and preventive studies in occupational lung diseases field

    Features

    Leading occupational lung disease studies within and outside the country

    As the country's only public research institute which carries out clinical and preventive studies in occupational lung disease field, the institute is doing the research in the field of occupational lung disease, which is a rare case not only within the country but also abroad. Its work includes early diagnosis of occupational pneumoconiosis, occupational asthma, interstitial lung disease, occupational lung cancer. The institute is also working on the medical treatment development, disability standard studies in various lung diseases and the recognition standard development of complications

    The organization which carries out epidemiology research of lung diseases

    The organization which carries out epidemiology research of lung diseases. As the organization which carries out epidemiology research into the connection of occupational lung diseases to the work, it figures out how close the connection is between the specific lung disease and the work through epidemiology research at work and a close medical checkup and identifies the cause of the disease.