Occupational lung disease historical perspective: Difference between revisions

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The association between coal mining and coal worker's pneumoconiosis was made during the 1930s in South Wales, UK, where the coal mining industry is prevalent.

There has been a recent cluster discovery in February 2018 of coal worker's pneumoconiosis amongst coal miner's in Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia.
Coal worker's pneumoconiosis complicated by progressive massive fibrosis in these regions was previously seen 5 - 7 times per year.
As of February 2018, 154 new cases were diagnosed within one year.

In [year], [diagnostic test/therapy] was developed by [scientist] to treat/diagnose [disease name].

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 ===Discovery===
-*[Disease name] was first discovered by [name of scientist], a [nationality + occupation], in [year]/during/following [event].
+*The association between coal mining and coal worker's pneumoconiosis was made during the 1930s in South Wales, UK, where the coal mining industry is prevalent.
-*The association between [important risk factor/cause] and [disease name] was made in/during [year/event].
-*In [year], [scientist] was the first to discover the association between [risk factor] and the development of [disease name].
-*In [year], [gene] mutations were first implicated in the pathogenesis of [disease name].
 ==Outbreaks==
-*There have been several outbreaks of [disease name], which are summarized below:
+*There has been a recent cluster discovery in February 2018 of coal worker's pneumoconiosis amongst coal miner's in Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia.
+*Coal worker's pneumoconiosis complicated by progressive massive fibrosis in these regions was previously seen 5 - 7 times per year.
+*As of February 2018, 154 new cases were diagnosed within one year.
 ==Landmark Events in the Development of Treatment Strategies==
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 ==Famous Cases==
 *The following are a few famous cases of [[disease name]]:
 ==References==