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Overview

John L. Adgate is affiliated with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant emphasis on health, toxicology, and mutagenesis within this broad field.

The scientist has contributed extensively to studies involving environmental chemistry, pollution, pediatrics, perinatology, and child health, as well as speech and hearing. Their work explores interactions between environmental factors and health outcomes across multiple disciplines related to toxic substances and public health.

The main topics covered by their research include:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging

Frequently publishing in journals and conferences, John L. Adgate's work has appeared in:

  • UNC Libraries
  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • Environmental Research
  • Environmental Health Perspectives
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by John L. Adgate include:

  • Unsaturated PFOS and Other PFASs in Human Serum and Drinking Water from an AFFF-Impacted Community (2021), Environmental Science & Technology
  • Prenatal Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances, Umbilical Cord Blood DNA Methylation, and Cardio-Metabolic Indicators in Newborns: The Healthy Start Study (2020), Environmental Health Perspectives
  • Environmental metal exposures and kidney function of Guatemalan sugarcane workers (2021), Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology
  • Prenatal exposure to traffic and ambient air pollution and infant weight and adiposity: The Healthy Start study (2020), Environmental Research
  • Cross-sectional associations between serum PFASs and inflammatory biomarkers in a population exposed to AFFF-contaminated drinking water (2022), International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Collaborations have featured multiple frequent co-authors including Anne P. Starling, Dana Dabelea, William B. Allshouse, Sheryl Magzamen, and Sheena E. Martenies. These partnerships reflect a strong network in environmental health research with shared interests in pollution exposure and its physiological impacts.

Best Publications

  • Human health risk assessment of air emissions from development of unconventional natural gas resources

    Lisa M. McKenzie;Roxana Z. Witter;Lee S. Newman;John L. Adgate

  • Potential Public Health Hazards, Exposures and Health Effects from Unconventional Natural Gas Development

    John L. Adgate;Bernard D. Goldstein;Lisa M. McKenzie

  • Birth Outcomes and Maternal Residential Proximity to Natural Gas Development in Rural Colorado

    Lisa M. McKenzie;Ruixin Guo;Roxana Z. Witter;David A. Savitz

  • Outdoor, indoor, and personal exposure to VOCs in children.

    John L. Adgate;Timothy R. Church;Andrew D. Ryan;Gurumurthy Ramachandran

  • Measurement of children's exposure to pesticides: analysis of urinary metabolite levels in a probability-based sample.

    J. L. Adgate;D. B. Barr;C. A. Clayton;Lynn E Eberly

  • Comparison of personal, indoor, and outdoor exposures to hazardous air pollutants in three urban communities.

    Ken Sexton;John L. Adgate;Gurumurthy Ramachandran;Gregory C. Pratt

  • Childhood hematologic cancer and residential proximity to oil and gas development

    Lisa M. McKenzie;William B. Allshouse;Tim E. Byers;Edward J. Bedrick

  • Characterizing indoor and outdoor 15 minute average PM2.5 concentrations in urban neighborhoods

    Gurumurthy Ramachandran;John L. Adgate;Gregory C. Pratt;Ken Sexton

  • Quantitative analysis of children's microactivity patterns: The Minnesota Children's Pesticide Exposure Study.

    N C G Freeman;M Jimenez;K J Reed;S Gurunathan

  • Spatial and temporal variability in outdoor, indoor, and personal PM2.5 exposure

    J. L. Adgate;Gurumurthy Ramachandran;G. C. Pratt;L. A. Waller

  • Perfluoroalkyl Substances during Pregnancy and Offspring Weight and Adiposity at Birth: Examining Mediation by Maternal Fasting Glucose in the Healthy Start Study.

    Anne P. Starling;John L. Adgate;Richard F. Hamman;Katerina Kechris

  • Unsaturated PFOS and Other PFASs in Human Serum and Drinking Water from an AFFF-Impacted Community.

    Carrie A McDonough;Carrie A McDonough;Sarah Choyke;Kelsey E Barton;Sarah Mass

  • Impact of Outdoor Air Pollution on Indoor Air Quality in Low-Income Homes during Wildfire Seasons

    Prateek M. Shrestha;Jamie L. Humphrey;Elizabeth J. Carlton;John L. Adgate

  • Personal, Indoor, and Outdoor VOC Exposures in a Probability Sample of Children

    John L. Adgate;Lynn E. Eberly;Charles Stroebel;E. D. O. D. Pellizzari

  • The effect of dust lead control on blood lead in toddlers: a randomized trial.

    George G. Rhoads;Adrienne S. Ettinger;Clifford P. Weisel;Timothy J. Buckley

  • Chemical Mass Balance Source Apportionment of Lead in House Dust

    John L. Adgate;Robert D. Willis;Timothy J. Buckley;Judith C. Chow

  • Comparison of Short-Term Variations (15-Minute Averages) in Outdoor and Indoor PM2.5 Concentrations

    Gurumurthy Ramachandran;John L. Adgate;Nicholas Hill;Ken Sexton

  • Metabolites of a tobacco-specific lung carcinogen in the urine of elementary school-aged children.

    Stephen S. Hecht;Ming Ye;Steven G. Carmella;Ann Fredrickson

  • Indoor air quality in two urban elementary schools--measurements of airborne fungi, carpet allergens, CO2, temperature, and relative humidity.

    Gurumurthy Ramachandran;John L. Adgate;Sudipto Banerjee;Timothy R. Church

  • Children's exposure to volatile organic compounds as determined by longitudinal measurements in blood

    Ken Sexton;John L. Adgate;Timothy R. Church;David L. Ashley

  • Distributions, associations, and partial aggregate exposure of pesticides and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in the Minnesota Children's Pesticide Exposure Study (MNCPES)

    C Andrew Clayton;Edo D Pellizzari;Roy W Whitmore;James J Quackenboss

Frequent Co-Authors

Ken Sexton
Ken Sexton The University of Texas at Austin
Dana Dabelea
Dana Dabelea University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Paul J. Lioy
Paul J. Lioy Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
George G. Rhoads
George G. Rhoads Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Lee S. Newman
Lee S. Newman University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Timothy R. Church
Timothy R. Church University of Minnesota
Richard F. Hamman
Richard F. Hamman University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Edo D. Pellizzari
Edo D. Pellizzari Research Triangle Park Foundation
Antonia M. Calafat
Antonia M. Calafat Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Clifford P. Weisel
Clifford P. Weisel Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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