Lewis M E, Roberts C A, Manchester K
Calvin Wells Laboratory, Department of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, United Kingdom.
Am J Phys Anthropol. 1995 Dec;98(4):497-506. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.1330980409.
Six hundred sixty-three Medieval individuals from Wharram Percy, a rural settlement in the Yorkshire Wolds, and 1,042 individuals from St. Helen-on-the-Walls, a poor parish in the Medieval city of York, were examined in order to test the hypothesis that maxillary sinusitis would be more prevalent in an urban population due to social and environmental conditions characteristic of an industrialized settlement. The results showed that the individuals from St. Helen-on-the-Walls, living in the urban environment, had a greater prevalence of maxillary sinusitis than the rural population; 39% (106) of the individuals from Wharram Percy had evidence of sinusitis compared to 55% (134) of the individuals from St. Helen-on-the-Walls. It is suggested that this pattern may be attributed to occupation and industrial air pollution in the Medieval city of York.
为了验证由于工业化聚居地的社会和环境条件，上颌窦炎在城市人口中会更为普遍这一假设，研究人员对来自约克郡丘陵地区一个乡村聚居点——惠勒姆珀西的663名中世纪个体，以及来自中世纪约克市一个贫困教区——城墙圣海伦的1042名个体进行了检查。结果显示，生活在城市环境中的城墙圣海伦个体，上颌窦炎的患病率高于农村人口；惠勒姆珀西的个体中有39%（106人）有鼻窦炎迹象，而城墙圣海伦的个体中这一比例为55%（134人）。研究表明，这种模式可能归因于中世纪约克市的职业和工业空气污染。
