Research Article

An Investigation for Heavy Metals’ Contamination in Farmers’ Fingernails: Case Study in Libya

Table 6

Correlation between concentrations of As, Cd, and Pb in fingernails of Libyan farmers and their age and working period.

Heavy metalCorrelations, r
AgeWorking period

As0.3760.357
Cd0.3820.355
Pb0.2540.191

Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level . () Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level .