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  1. Autism Spectrum Disorders Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran

    Sajjad Farashi

  2. Neurophysiology Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran

    Sajjad Farashi

  3. Health Sciences and Technology Research Institute, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran

    Saeid Bashirian & Salman Khazaei

  4. Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran

    Mojtaba Khazaei

  5. Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Abdollah Farhadinasab

  6. Department of Public Health, School of Health, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran

    Saeid Bashirian

  7. Department of Epidemiology, School of Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran

    Salman Khazaei

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Farashi, S., Bashirian, S., Khazaei, S. et al. Reply to letter to the Editor. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 95, 1915–1920 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-022-01891-3

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