TY - JOUR TT - Allergic Diseases in Agriculture Workers AU - Çelik, Saliha AU - Kurt, Burak AU - Akbaba, Muhsin PY - 2017 DA - November JF - The Turkish Journal Of Occupational / Environmental Medicine and Safety JO - turjoem PB - Engin TUTKUN WT - DergiPark SN - 2149-4711 SP - 18 EP - 18 VL - 2 IS - 1(4) KW - Allergic Diseases in Agriculture Workers N2 - Itis reported that the majority of the world-wide working population is involvedin the agricultural sector by the international working organization. InTurkey, about 19% of the workforce with 26 million 275 thousand employees isagricultural labor force.Agricultural work can bring various health problems. Allergic diseasesincluding respiratory system diseases and dermatological problems are commonhealth problems. Major allergic risks in the agricultural environment are;Organic-inorganic powders, chemicals, gases, pollen and some infections.Cereal dusts, fungal antigens, dust mites and organic phosphorus insecticides,organic dusts causeallergic asthma and allergic rhinitis. Actinomycetes andaspergillusin moldy hay and cereals cause hypersensitivity pneumonia (farmer'slung). Dry fertilizers, vegetables and pesticides are the causes of contactdermatitis. Agricultural workers exposed to pesticides intensively; has highrisk of allergic contact dermatitis.In the study of Mazurek JM et al., 5.1% of farm workers had asthma; 15.4% ofthem were related to the farm environment and 33.3% of those who had asthmaattack in the previous 12 months had a crisis during farm work.Michel S et al. found that exposure to farm media factors in children withgenetic predisposition may affect DNA methylation; It is emphasized that it mayplay an important role in the emergence of asthma and atopic diseases.ResultAllergic diseases commonly found in all societies; is one of the importantproblems in terms of public health because it is both occupational disease andprotectable. Protecting agricultural workers against risks as it is thoughtthat the majority of the world's working population is in agriculture; is animportant approach to protecting public health.  Keywords:agriculturalworkers, allergy, occupational diseases  CR - Saliha Çelik, Burak Kurt, Muhsin Akbaba cukurova university faculty of medicine department of public health UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/turjoem/issue//383645 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/410817 ER -