Effects of iron supplementation on cognitive development in school-age children: Systematic review and meta-analysis

• Befikadu Tariku Gutema ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: befikadutariku.gutema@ugent.be, befikadutariku2@gmail.com

  Affiliations School of Public Health, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia, Public Health Nutrition Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0574-6074

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• Muluken Bekele Sorrie,

  Roles Data curation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Public Health, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

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• Nega Degefa Megersa,

  Roles Data curation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Nursing, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

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• Gesila Endashaw Yesera,

  Roles Data curation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Nursing, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

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• Yordanos Gizachew Yeshitila,

  Roles Data curation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Nursing, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

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• Nele S. Pauwels,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Knowledge Centre for Health Ghent, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

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• Stefaan De Henauw,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Public Health Nutrition Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Souheila Abbeddou

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Public Health Nutrition Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1363-0170

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