This week's artwork was donated by Dathan, a pediatric cancer patient who received treatment at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia . Methodologic, part of a larger, cross-sectional, mailed survey design study. Urban and suburban area in the northeast United States. The average respondent was 50 years old, postmenopausal, and treated with combination cancer therapy. Principal axes factor analysis with oblique rotation.
Additional revisions await further testing.
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