We read with interest the comments offered by BEYAN C and BEYAN E on our study that
assessed association between MPV and cardiovascular risk factors using cross-sectional
data of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) cohort [
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Publication history
Published online: May 09, 2016
Accepted:
March 1,
2016
Received:
February 27,
2016
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© 2016 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of European Federation of Internal Medicine.
