Review of intermodal freight transportation in humanitarian logistics
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Intermodal Freight Transportation
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عنوان ژورنال: European Transport Research Review
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1867-0717,1866-8887
DOI: 10.1007/s12544-017-0226-z