# ELF-001 — Residential magnetic fields and childhood cancer

Why this matters
A report about childhood leukaemia deserves careful attention, particularly when it concerns where children live. This Swedish power-line study remains a retrieval lead here: the original exposure estimates and results need checking. It concerns power-frequency magnetic fields, a different exposure from mobile-phone signals.

Id: ELF-001

Author: Feychting and Ahlbom

Full Authors: Maria Feychting; Michael Alhbom

Year: 1993

Title: Magnetic Fields and Cancer in Children Residing Near Swedish High-voltage Power Lines

Journal: american journal of epidemiology

Citation: Feychting M, Alhbom M. Magnetic Fields and Cancer in Children Residing Near Swedish High-voltage Power Lines. American Journal of Epidemiology. 1993;138(7):467-481. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116881.

Doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116881

Pmid: 8213751

Topic: Power frequency fields

Verification Group: Retrieval lead

Record Role: Retrieval lead

Featured: False

Exposure: Calculated residential power-line magnetic fields.

Design: Swedish case-control study.

Finding: Affirmative childhood-leukaemia strand identified in discovery dossier.

Boundary: Retrieve original exposure categories and estimates before numerical use. ELF findings are not RF findings.

Protection Question: Does the original residential magnetic-field analysis support the reported childhood-leukaemia association? Exposure categories and estimates remain to be verified; this power-frequency retrieval lead cannot establish an RF hazard.

Access: Record verified; full text still required

Notice: Primary PubMed linked-notice record checked 20 Oct 2026; no correction, concern or retraction linked at check. This is not an exhaustive publisher-history certification.

Funding: Not established from retrieved material.

Conflicts: Not established from retrieved material.

Source Url: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116881

Retrieval Links: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116881 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8213751/

Verification Date: 2026-10-20