Boas

Bo·as

B0358100 (bō′ăz), Franz 1858-1942. German-born American anthropologist who emphasized the systematic analysis of culture and language structures and who advocated in-depth field study and a nonjudgmental approach toward the cultures being studied.

Boas

(ˈbəʊæz; German ˈboːas) n (Biography) Franz (frants). 1858–1942, US anthropologist, born in Germany. He made major contributions to cultural and linguistic anthropology in studies of North American Indians, including The Mind of Primitive Man (1911; 1938)

Bo•as

(ˈboʊ æz)

n. Franz, 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.

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BOAS

Bank of America Study. A health-intervention trial in which retirees were separated into 3 groups and health-risk assessment performed with individual feedback and self-management material sent through the mail.

Primary endpoint
Health risk-factor scores, self-reported healthcare utilisation, health claims experience.

Results
Health increased, health habits changed favourably, doctor visits and hospitalisations decreased.

Conclusion
Cost benefit ratio—1:6.

BOAS

Acronym	Definition
BOAS➣British Ophthalmic Anaesthesia Society
BOAS➣British Orphans' Adoption Society (UK and Australia)
BOAS➣Bank of America Study
BOAS➣Boreioantlantikh Summaxia (NATO) in Greek

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