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• 1. Doğan Tiryaki H, Şeker N, Yazıcı Y, Duman A, Tarım E, Ceylan Demirel A, et al. Frequency of hypertension and associated factors in pesticide exposure of fumigation workers. J Ist Faculty Med 2018; 81(3): 84-90. 2. Shaw GM, Yang W, Roberts EM, Aghaeepour N, Mayo JA, Weber KA, et al. Residential agricultural pesticide exposures and risks of preeclampsia. Environ Res 2018;164:546-555. 3. Barrett JR. DDT and Obesity in Humans: Exploring the Evidence in a New Way. Environ Health Perspect 2018;126(2):024003. Author’s Reply FREQUENCY OF HYPERTENSION AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN PESTICIDE EXPOSURE FUMIGATION WORKERS PESTİSİT MARUZİYETİ OLAN İLAÇLAMA ÇALIŞANLARINDA HİPERTANSİYON SIKLIĞI VE İLİŞKİLİ FAKTÖRLER Our study, which was designed as a cross-sectional study, was conducted in order to determine the frequency of hypertension in fumigation workers who had to use pesticides known to be related to various health problems and to determine other factors related to hypertension and to take necessary measures. Occupational health and safety are systematic and scientific studies conducted in order to prevent the conditions that may cause health damage caused by various reasons during the execution of the work in the workplace. Increasing the health capacity of the employee and preventing and minimizing the damages in the working environment is the adaptation of the employee to the work. In addition to occupational diseases arising from the workplace, diseases that do not originate directly from the workplace but are influenced by the factors in the workplace and change with the effect of factors in the work environment as well as other risk factors are work related diseases. Various physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic and psychosocial factors in the working environment change the course and frequency of work-related diseases (1). There are studies showing the effect of pesticides on cardiovascular system diseases (2-4). In our study group, hypertension was found to be higher than the normal population. It is mentioned in the article that the effect of high prevalence of obesity on the prevalence of hypertension. Findings related to the investigation of work-related diseases and effective factors in different business lines, not only in occupational disease, are important in terms of worker health and protection of health in workplaces. Determining the incidence and affecting factors of hypertension, which is one of the work related diseases, is covered by occupational health and safety. The results of the research paper will encourage the occupational health and safety professionals working in this field, create awareness, encourage cohort and randomized controlled studies. Emphasizing the importance of primary and secondary prevention in the prevention of occupational diseases and work-related diseases, which is an important problem in our country, is also important in terms of maintaining the healthy status of the employee from the first moment of employment until the leaving time. Hülya Doğan TİRYAKİ, Nefise ŞEKER, Yılmaz YAZICI, Alparslan DUMAN, Evren TARIM, Ayşe CEYLAN DEMİREL, Şadiye Selin DURUŞ, Şeyma ARSLAN, Elif EZİRMİK, Halim İŞSEVER Department of Public Health, İstanbul University, İstanbul School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey REFERENCES 1. Akarsu H, Ayan B, Çakmak E, Doğan B, Boz Eravcı D, Karaman E ve ark (2013). Meslek Hastalıkları. Çasgem, Ankara: Özyurt Matbaacılık, 7-40. 2. Wahab A, Hod R, Ismail N, Omar N. The effect of pesticide exposure on cardiovascular system: a systematic review. Int J Community Med Public Health 2016;3(1):1-10. 3. Sekhotha MM, Monyeki KD, Sibuyi ME. Exposure to agrochemicals and cardiovascular disease: a review. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2016;13(2):229. 4. Taylor AE. Cardiovascular effects of environmental chemicals. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1996;114(2):209-11. Corresponding author/İletişim kurulacak yazar: sekernefise@gmail.com