Identification of Occupational Asthma in Primary Care
Keywords:
Physicians, Family, Asthma, Occupational Diseases.
Abstract
Occupational asthma is a reportable and compensable disease under the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (COIDA) which replaced the Workmen's Compensation Act in March 1994. Claims for medical expenses, temporary disablement and permanent disablement as a result of occupational asthma may now be submitted in terms of the COIDA. The primary care practitioner, to whom these cases first present, is thus the essential link in the identification of this condition.
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