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Research Paper

Assessing the COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the Chinese adults using a generalized vaccine hesitancy survey instrument

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Pages 4005-4012 | Received 02 Apr 2021, Accepted 04 Jul 2021, Published online: 10 Jan 2022

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