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Research Article

Designing an efficient vaccine supply chain network using a two-phase optimization approach: a case study of COVID-19 vaccine

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Article: 2121623 | Received 08 Feb 2022, Accepted 31 Aug 2022, Published online: 16 Sep 2022

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