\begin{table}%t2 \caption{\label{met}[Fe/H] abundances in the LMC.} %\centerline {\small \begin{tabular}{cccc} \hline\hline {Distance} & {[Fe/H]}$_{\rm orig}$ & {[Fe/H]}$_{\rm cor}$ & {Reference} \\ {(kpc)} & {(dex)} & {(dex)} & \\ \hline 0.6 & --$0.37\pm0.15$ & --$0.64\pm0.17$ & 1 \\ 0.6 & --$1.08\pm0.46$ & & 1 \\ 2.4 & --$0.75\pm0.23$ & --$0.79\pm0.27$ & 2 \\ 3.1 & --$0.47\pm0.31$ & --$0.68\pm0.36$ & 3 \\ 4.4 & --$0.50\pm0.37$ & --$0.69\pm0.43$ & 3 \\ 4.4 & --$1.30\pm0.30$ & & 3 \\ 5.8 & --$0.45\pm0.31$ & --$0.67\pm0.36$ & 3 \\ 4.4 & --$1.30\pm0.30$ & & 3 \\ 7.2 & --$0.79\pm0.44$ & --$0.82\pm0.50$ & 3 \\ \noalign{\smallskip} \hline \end{tabular}} \medskip (1) Cole et~al. (\cite{col05}); (2) Pomp\'{e}ia et~al. (\cite{pom08}); (3) Carrera et~al. (\cite{car08a}). \end{table}