"Biostatistics" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The application of STATISTICS to biological systems and organisms involving the retrieval or collection, analysis, reduction, and interpretation of qualitative and quantitative data.
| Descriptor ID |
D056808
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.740.237
|
| Concept/Terms |
Biostatistics- Biostatistics
- Biological Statistics
- Biological Statistic
- Statistic, Biological
- Statistics, Biological
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Biostatistics".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Biostatistics".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Biostatistics" by people in this website by year, and whether "Biostatistics" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Biostatistics" by people in Profiles.
-
A biostatistical support system in health sciences: is this sustainable in a resource-restricted environment? Health Res Policy Syst. 2019 Jul 05; 17(1):66.
-
Developing a biostatistical support system in a resource-restricted academic institution in Africa: making it happen. BMC Med Educ. 2015 Nov 25; 15:209.
-
Investing in African research training institutions creates sustainable capacity for Africa: the case of the University of the Witwatersrand School of Public Health masters programme in epidemiology and biostatistics. Health Res Policy Syst. 2012 Apr 04; 10(1):11.
-
Parametric variable selection in generalized partially linear models with an application to assess condom use by HIV-infected patients. Stat Med. 2011 Jul 20; 30(16):2015-27.