Biostatistics, Epidemiology 

For those looking at reading options that exhaustively cover the statistical data and analysis in the fields of medicine, health, anthropology and nutrition, k. Visweswara rao's biostatistics: a manual of statistical methods for use in health, nutrition and anthropology is an ideal book. Divided across 9 sections, the chapters cover all aspects on the subject, along with the appendices and additional reading material.the text of the book is divided across 46 chapters in 9 sections. The topics that are covered in these chapters include but are not limited to, an introduction to biostatistics, tests of significance, descriptive statistics, analysis of covariance and analysis of variance, health and nutrition assessment, multivariate methods and statistics, analysis of categorical data, systems analysis and operational research, and non-parametric statistical methods.biostatistics: a manual of statistical methods for use in health, nutrition and anthropology was published by jaypee brothers medical publishers (p) ltd in 2007 as second edition. It is available in hardcover. Key features: the statistical figures in the fields of health, anthropology, nutrition and medicine included in the book, though exhaustive, are not boring and tedious to read because they are coupled with a crisp application-based approach.it also contains exercises and numerous examples which can help the reader immensely.this edition of the book includes a new chapter named "distribution free statistical tests of inference". - from Amzon