The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
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Comparative Study
Intentional injuries among the young: presentation to emergency rooms, hospitalization, and death in Israel.
To study the incidence and outcome of intentional injuries requiring emergency room (ER) care among children and adolescents in a national sample. ⋯ Adolescents aged 10 years and older are at higher risk for intentional injuries than younger children. The ethnic differences evident in this study, especially for attempted and completed suicide, may be real or the result of differential disclosure of information owing to sociocultural norms or differential recording by health professionals.