The impact of sociocultural and environmental change on air quality and respiratory health in the 4th Cataract, Sudan: a bioarchaeological perspective

这项研究将侧重于由糟糕的空气质量引起的呼吸系统疾病，这是一个影响当今全球发达国家和发展中国家人民的健康问题。苏丹第四个白内障地区提供了一个极具潜力的数据集，可以用来探索长期内社会文化和环境因素是如何影响“地区”人口健康的。今天，糟糕的空气质量损害了呼吸功能，慢性阻塞性肺病是全球第四大死亡原因。然而，令人惊讶的是，过去探索这一主题的考古人类遗骸工作很少。

This research will focus on respiratory disease caused by poor air quality, a health problem that affects people today globally in both developed and developing countries. The 4th cataract region of Sudan provides a dataset of great potential for exploring how the health of a 'regional' population was affected by sociocultural and environmental factors across a long timeframe. Poor air quality compromises respiratory function today, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is the 4th leading global cause of death. However, there has been surprisingly little work on archaeological human remains that explores this subject for the past.