ELF-002Retrieval lead
Childhood leukaemia and distance from power lines
The reported finding
Discovery dossier reports increased leukaemia risk in birth-address distance categories near power lines.
Reading it carefully
Distance association is not an absorbed-dose measurement; not evidence about mobile-phone RF.
Inside the study
Exposure conditions
Distance from high-voltage lines rather than measured fields.
Design & controls
England and Wales case-control study.
The protection question raised
What does distance from a power line tell us about the reported leukaemia association? Original analyses remain unreviewed, and location alone does not establish a child's magnetic-field exposure.
Source verification
Record verified; full text still required
Editorial notices
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 of interest
Not established from retrieved material.
Original publication
Draper G, Vincent T, Kroll ME, Swanson J. Childhood cancer in relation to distance from high voltage power lines in England and Wales: a case-control study. BMJ. 2005;330(7503):1290. doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7503.1290.