title: [Injuries in minors: study in the Emergency Department].
abstract: The purpose of this research is to analyse occupational, household, sport and traffic related injuries among adolescents aged 14 to 17, during the first half of the year 2000, in the city of L'Aquila (Italy). All the data have been collected from the files of the Emergency Department. The occurrences have been 557: therefore 86 out of 1000 inhabitants have suffered from the above listed injuries. Among these ones, sport related injuries show to be prevalent: car accidents, occasional, household and professional injuries follow. Traffic related and occupational injury rates increase in the eldest children. In fact the "risk profile" shows to be worse in younger children. The study shows a major risk in 14 year old children, it is therefore necessary to focus on prevention and improvement in the data standardization, collection and recording at the Emergency Departments.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Sanità Pubblica, Università degli Studi, L'Aquila.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Felice
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alfonsi
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scatigna
authors.forename: Anna Rita
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Giuliani
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fabiani
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*