Design and Evaluation of a DeSci-Driven Lightweight Hybrid Blockchain Framework for Privacy-Preserving and Incentive-Aware Decentralized Healthcare Research Infrastructure
By: Garima Singh and Mohd. Haroon
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Language: English
Page range: 353 - 377
Published on: Aug 7, 2026
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