# ELF-005 — Long residential duration and dementia mortality

Why this matters
This retrieval lead links a long residential history with a reported dementia-mortality association. Its particular question is whether duration matters, rather than only where someone lives at one moment. Original analyses and overlapping cohorts still need checking; proximity alone cannot establish what caused an individual's illness.

Id: ELF-005

Author: Huss et al.

Full Authors: A. Huss; A. Spoerri; M. Egger; M. Roosli; for the Swiss National Cohort Study

Year: 2009

Title: Residence Near Power Lines and Mortality From Neurodegenerative Diseases: Longitudinal Study of the Swiss Population

Journal: american journal of epidemiology

Citation: Huss A, Spoerri A, Egger M, Roosli M, for the Swiss National Cohort Study. Residence Near Power Lines and Mortality From Neurodegenerative Diseases: Longitudinal Study of the Swiss Population. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2008;169(2):167-175. doi:10.1093/aje/kwn297.

Doi: 10.1093/aje/kwn297

Pmid: 18990717

Topic: Power frequency fields

Verification Group: Retrieval lead

Record Role: Retrieval lead

Featured: False

Exposure: Residential proximity and duration; power-frequency regime.

Design: Swiss national cohort.

Finding: Discovery dossier reports increasing Alzheimer mortality association with longer residence near high-voltage lines.

Boundary: Observational mortality association; newer overlapping cohorts are extensions, not independent replications.

Protection Question: Does duration near high-voltage lines add a credible dementia-mortality signal? Original analyses and overlapping cohorts remain to be checked; proximity cannot establish the cause of an individual illness.

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/aje/kwn297

Retrieval Links: https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwn297 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18990717/

Verification Date: 2026-10-20