Research Guides: Public Health: Biostatistics

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Annual Review of Public Health
Offers summaries of research in the field of Public Health, including key developments in epidemiology and biostatistics, environmental and occupational health, issues related to social environment and behavior, health services, and public health practice.
Oxford Bibliographies Online: Public Health
Offers peer-reviewed annotated bibliographies on public health topics. A good place to begin your research.

Biostatistics: the Bare Essentials
ISBN: 9781607952794
Covers most of the major statistical tests one is likely to encounter in health sciences research.
Biostatistics and Epidemiology
ISBN: 1493921347
Accessible for readers without backgrounds in mathematics; provides clear explanations of underlying principles, as well as practical guidelines of "how to do it" and "how to interpret it."
Biostatistics for Dummies
ISBN: 9781118553985
A resource for those taking a biostatistics course, as well as for those in need of a handy reference to this complex material. Provides plain-English explanations of techniques and clinical examples for context.
Biostatistics for Epidemiology and Public Health Using R
ISBN: 0826110266
The text covers both essential and advanced techniques and applications in biostatistics that are relevant to epidemiology.

PsycINFO
Essential database of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, and dissertations in psychology and related behavioral sciences from 1887 - present.
Includes PsycARTICLES journals.
PubMed
Free database of biomedical and related life and behavioral sciences journal articles. Includes MEDLINE index and links to PubMed Central open access articles when available.
Web of Science
Find multidisciplinary scholarly articles (sciences, social sciences, and humanities). Citation searching also allows search for highly cited articles and books.

CDC Data and Statistics
This includes lots of overlaps with the NCHS but the interface can provide easier access to a number of topics.
CDC FastStats
Provides quick access to data from the National Center for Health Statistics. Topics include diseases and conditions, injuries, life stages and populations, health care and insurance, births, and deaths.