Shanshan Xu is a researcher in the Life-GAP project, a research initiative dedicated to understanding the impact of air pollution and vegetation exposure on respiratory health over time and across generations in Northern Europe, with a particular focus on low exposure levels.

Academic article

• Xu, Shanshan; Marcon, Alessandro; Bertelsen, Randi Jacobsen et al. (2025). Long-term exposure to air pollution and greenness in association with respiratory emergency room visits and hospitalizations: The Life-GAP project. (external link)
• Mwapasa, Mphatso; Xu, Shanshan; Chakhame, Bertha Immaculate et al. (2024). Concentrations of potentially toxic metals and trace elements in pregnant women and association with birth outcomes: A cross-sectional study in Malawi. (external link)
• Hansen, Solrunn; Xu, Shanshan; Huber, Sandra et al. (2024). Profile of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, source appointment, and determinants in Argentinean postpartum women. (external link)
• Xu, Shanshan; Marcon, Alessandro; Bertelsen, Randi Jacobsen et al. (2024). Associations of long-term exposure to air pollution and greenness with incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Northern Europe: The Life-GAP project. (external link)
• Xu, Shanshan; Marcon, Alessandro; Bertelsen, Randi Jacobsen et al. (2023). Long-term exposure to low-level air pollution and greenness and mortality in Northern Europe. The Life-GAP project. (external link)
• Abbah, Achenyo Peace; Xu, Shanshan; Johannessen, Ane (2023). Long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution and asthma in low-and middle-income countries: A systematic review protocol. (external link)
• Mwapasa, Mphatso; Huber, Sandra; Chakhame, Bertha Immaculate et al. (2023). Predictors of Maternal Serum Concentrations for Selected Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Pregnant Women and Associations with Birth Outcomes: A Cross-Sectional Study from Southern Malawi. (external link)
• Mwapasa, Mphatso; Huber, Sandra; Chakhame, Bertha Immaculate et al. (2023). Serum Concentrations of Selected Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in Pregnant Women and Associations with Birth Outcomes. A Cross-Sectional Study from Southern Malawi. (external link)
• Hu, Jingjing; Sokh, Vannara; Nguon, Sophy et al. (2022). Emergency Craniotomy and Burr-Hole Trephination in a Low-Resource Setting: Capacity Building at a Regional Hospital in Cambodia. (external link)
• Xu, Shanshan; Hansen, Solrunn; Sripada, Kam et al. (2022). Maternal Blood Levels of Toxic and Essential Elements and Birth Outcomes in Argentina: The EMASAR Study. (external link)
• Xu, Shanshan; Hansen, Solrunn; Rautio, Arja et al. (2021). Monitoring temporal trends of dioxins, organochlorine pesticides and chlorinated paraffins in pooled serum samples collected from Northern Norwegian women: The MISA cohort study. (external link)
• Steinholt, Margit; Xu, Shanshan; Ha, Sam Ol et al. (2020). Serum Concentrations of Selected Organochlorines in Pregnant Women and Associations with Pregnancy Outcomes. A Cross-Sectional Study from Two Rural Settings in Cambodia. (external link)

Academic literature review

• Abbah, Achenyo Peace; Xu, Shanshan; Johannessen, Ane (2024). Long-term health effects of outdoor air pollution on asthma and respiratory symptoms among adults in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs): a systematic review and meta-analysis. (external link)
• Johannessen, Ane; Xu, Shanshan; Abbah, Achenyo Peace et al. (2023). Greenness exposure: beneficial but multidimensional. (external link)

Academic lecture

• Hansen, Solrunn; Xu, Shanshan; Huber, Sandra et al. (2023). The EMASAR Study: Serum concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and their predictors in postpartum Argentinean women. (external link)

Report

• Odland, Jon Øyvind; Xu, Shanshan; Huber, Sandra et al. (2021). Persistent Organic Pollutants (PoPs) in Human Samples from The MISA study (Northern Norway). (external link)

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The "Lifespan and inter-generational respiratory effects of exposures to greenness and air pollution" (Life-GAP) project: https://www.uib.no/en/rg/gap/148378/life-gap-project.