摘要:Kirby (1) comments about our recently published paper (2) evaluating maternal residence in Alaska Native villages with high hazard potential dumpsites and fetal and neonatal deaths and congenital anomalies. Kirby was particularly concerned about not adjusting for multiple comparisons, the use of an “other” category of defects, and using birth certificates to ascertain birth defects.International Journal of Circumpolar Health 66:1 2007