Medical and legal diagnoses comparison of the occupational diseases: A nationwide study in Turkey.
İrem MedeniMehmet Erdem AlagüneyVolkan MedeniPublished in: Journal of evaluation in clinical practice (2024)
This study is reflecting national data in Turkey and is the country's first nationwide study. The number of occupational diseases in Turkey is lower than expected. It would be more accurate to express the data in a way that includes medical diagnoses instead of using the number of compensated files corresponding to legal diagnoses.