Abstract
The most common causes of injury to children concern:
-
domestic accidents, one third of them being with children under 14,1 they concern mainly falls, ingestion of toxic liquids, or the misuse of matches
-
accidents attributable to other children, at home or at school or when playing games (mainly football)
-
accidents when launching fire rockets, fireworks or carnival bombs - these accidents represent around 42% of the most serious accidents,2
-
accidents occurring in abandoned places or in the vicinity of construction sites
-
accidents occurring in amusement parks3 and when playing sports (with sports equipment);4
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Editor information
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2007 Springer-Verlag/Wien
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Veloso, M.M. (2007). Children as Victims under Portuguese Law. In: MartÃn-Casals, M., et al. Children in Tort Law Part II: Children as Victims. Tort and Insurance Law, vol 18. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-31131-8_10
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-31131-8_10
Publisher Name: Springer, Vienna
Print ISBN: 978-3-211-31130-1
Online ISBN: 978-3-211-31131-8
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and LawLaw and Criminology (R0)