Research Article

Heavy Metals Accumulation in Water and Human Health Risk Assessment via the Consumption of Labeobarbus intermedius Samples from Borkena River, Ethiopia

Table 5

Pearson’s correlation matrix of heavy metals in water and fish tissue.

CopperChromiumCadmium

Water samples
 Copper1−0.540−0.563
 Chromium−0.54010.674
 Cadmium−0.5630.6741
Fish muscle
 Copper1
 Chromium−0.0691
 Cadmium0.1730.6731

Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).