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 ==Case Studies==
 [[Status asthmaticus case study one|Case #1]]
-Types include:
-* [[Coalworker's pneumoconiosis]]  (also known as "black lung") - coa] dust
-* [[Asbestosis]] - [[asbestos]] dust
-* [[Silicosis]] (also known as "grinhelloders' disease") - silica dust
-* [[Bauxite fibrosis]] - bauxite dust
-* [[Berylliosis]] - [[beryllium]] dust
-* [[Siderosis]] - [[iron]] dust
-* Labrador Lung (found in miners in Labrador, Canada) - mixed dust, including iron, silica and [[anthophyllite]], a type of asbestos
-Pneumoconiosis in combination with multiple pulmonary rheumatoid nodules in [[rheumatoid arthritis]] patients is known as [[Caplan's syndrome]].<ref>Andreoli, Thomas, ed. CECIL Essentials of Medicine. Saunders: Pennsylvania, 2004. p. 737.</ref>
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