ELF-005Retrieval lead
Long residential duration and dementia mortality
The reported finding
Discovery dossier reports increasing Alzheimer mortality association with longer residence near high-voltage lines.
Reading it carefully
Observational mortality association; newer overlapping cohorts are extensions, not independent replications.
Inside the study
Exposure conditions
Residential proximity and duration; power-frequency regime.
Design & controls
Swiss national cohort.
The protection question raised
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.
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
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.