B.S. Biology, Calvin College
M.S.P.H., Environmental Management and Protection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ph.D., Environmental Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Rutgers University
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Research Interests
Exposure assessment, risk assessment, risk communication, environmental health policy; children's multi-pathway exposures to pesticides; personal exposure to airborne particulate matter and volatile organic chemicals, particularly in homes and schools; low cost methods for lead poisoning prevention.
Administrative
Chair, Master of Public Health degree program in environmental health
Selected Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications
Adgate JL, G Ramachandran, GC Pratt, LA Waller, and K. Sexton. 2003. Longitudinal variability in outdoor, indoor, and personal PM2.5 exposure in healthy nonsmoking adults. Atmospheric Environment 37(7):993-1002.
Ramachandran G, JL Adgate, GC Pratt, and K. Sexton. 2003. Characterization of 15-minute average indoor and outdoor PM2.5 concentrations. Aerosol Science and Technology 37 (1): 33-45.
Sexton, K, JL Adgate, LE Eberly, CA Clayton, RW Whitmore, ED Pellizzari, PJ Lioy, and JJ Quackenboss. 2003. Predicting children’s short-term exposure to pesticides: results of a questionnaire screening approach. Environ Health Perspect 110:123-128.
Adgate JL, G. Ramachandran, GC Pratt, LA Waller, and K. Sexton. 2002. Spatial and temporal variability in outdoor, indoor, and personal PM2.5 exposure. Atmospheric Environment 36: 3255-3265.
Sexton K, LA Waller, RB McMaster, G Maldonado, and JL Adgate. 2002. The importance of spatial scale for environmental health policy and research. Hum. Ecol. Risk Assess. 8(1):109-125.
Adgate JL, DB Barr, CA Clayton, LE Eberly, NCG. Freeman, PJ Lioy, LL Needham, ED Pellizzari, JJ Quackenboss, A Roy, and K Sexton. 2001. Measurement of children's exposure to pesticides: analysis of urinary metabolite levels in a probability-based sample. Environ Health Perspec. 109:583-590.
Hecht SS, M Ye, SG Carmella, A Fredrickson, JL Adgate, IA Greaves, TR Church, AD Ryan, SJ Mongin, and K Sexton. 2001. Metabolites of a tobacco-specific lung carcinogen in the urine of school children. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention 11:1109-1116.
Adgate JL, CA Clayton, JJ Quackenboss, KW Thomas, RW Whitmore, ED Pellizzari, PJ Lioy, P Shubat, C Stroebel, NCG Freeman, and K Sexton. 2000. Measurement of multipollutant and multipathway exposures in a probability-based sample of children: Practical strategies for effective field studies. J. Expos. Anal. Environ. Epi. 10: 650-661.
Ramachandran G, JL Adgate, GC Pratt, N Hill, D Bock, and K Sexton. 2000. Comparison of short-term variations (15-minute averages) in outdoor and indoor PM2.5 concentrations. J. Air and Waste Man. Assoc. 50:1157-1166.
Adgate JL, A Kukowski, C Stroebel, P J Shubat, S Morrell, JJ Quackenboss, RW Whitmore, and K Sexton. 2000. Pesticide Storage and Use Patterns in Minnesota Households with Children. J. Expos. Anal. Environ. Epi. 10:159-167.
Rhoads GG, AS Ettinger, CP Weisel, TJ Buckley, K Denard Goldman, JL Adgate, PJ Lioy. 1999. The effect of dust lead control on blood lead in toddlers: A randomized trial. Pediatrics: 103:551-555
Adgate JL, RD Willis, TJ Buckley, JC Chow, JG Watson, GG Rhoads, and PJ Lioy. 1998. Chemical mass balance source apportionment of lead in house dust. Environ. Sci. Technol 32:108-114.
Book Chapters:
Adgate, JL, and K Sexton. Children's Nondietary Residential Exposure to Pesticides. Handbook of Pesticide Toxicology, Volume 1 Principles, p. 887-904. Academic Press, 2001.
