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.

Conference lecture

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

Academic literature review

• Ane Johannessen; Shanshan Xu; Achenyo Peace Abbah et al. (2023). Greenness exposure: beneficial but multidimensional. (external link)
• Achenyo Peace Abbah; Shanshan Xu; Ane Johannessen (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)

Academic article

• Shanshan Xu; Solrunn Hansen; Arja Rautio 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)
• Mphatso Mwapasa; Sandra Huber; Bertha Immaculate Chakhame 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)
• Shanshan Xu; Alessandro Marcon; Randi Jacobsen Bertelsen 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)
• Mphatso Mwapasa; Sandra Huber; Bertha Immaculate Chakhame 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)
• Mphatso Mwapasa; Shanshan Xu; Bertha Immaculate Chakhame 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)
• Margit Steinholt; Shanshan Xu; Sam Ol Ha et al. (2023). Growth Trajectories among Toddlers in Rural Cambodia; Increased Risk for Severe Stunting in Poorer Communities. (external link)
• Solrunn Hansen; Shanshan Xu; Sandra Huber et al. (2024). Profile of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, source appointment, and determinants in Argentinean postpartum women. (external link)
• Achenyo Peace Abbah; Shanshan Xu; Ane Johannessen (2023). Long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution and asthma in low-and middle-income countries: A systematic review protocol. (external link)
• Shanshan Xu; Alessandro Marcon; Randi Jacobsen Bertelsen et al. (2023). Long-term exposure to low-level air pollution and greenness and mortality in Northern Europe. The Life-GAP project. (external link)
• Shanshan Xu; Solrunn Hansen; Kam Sripada et al. (2022). Maternal Blood Levels of Toxic and Essential Elements and Birth Outcomes in Argentina: The EMASAR Study. (external link)
• Margit Steinholt; Shanshan Xu; Sam Ol Ha 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)
• Jingjing Hu; Vannara Sokh; Sophy Nguon et al. (2022). Emergency Craniotomy and Burr-Hole Trephination in a Low-Resource Setting: Capacity Building at a Regional Hospital in Cambodia. (external link)
• Shanshan Xu; Alessandro Marcon; Randi Jacobsen Bertelsen 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)

Doctoral thesis (PhD)

• Shanshan Xu (2024). Effects of long-term air pollution and greenness exposures on mortality and respiratory health. The Life-GAP project. (external link)

Research report

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

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

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.