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Overview

Alex H. Kral is affiliated with RTI International in the United States and has an extensive publication record in the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on epidemiology and public health. Their research primarily addresses issues related to opioid use disorder, substance abuse treatment, and related social and health challenges.

The main fields of study for Alex H. Kral include:

  • Medicine

Key subfields within their work are:

  • Epidemiology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • General Health Professions
  • Toxicology
  • Sociology and Political Science

Major topics covered in their research include:

  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Health Policy Implementation Science

Frequent co-authors with whom Alex H. Kral has collaborated include:

  • Lynn D. Wenger
  • Barrot H. Lambdin
  • Ricky N. Bluthenthal
  • Peter J. Davidson
  • Paul LaKosky

The scientist has published extensively in several journals, with a notable number of articles in:

  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • International Journal of Drug Policy
  • Harm Reduction Journal
  • JAMA Network Open
  • Substance Use & Misuse

Recent publications authored by Alex H. Kral include:

  • Transition from injecting opioids to smoking fentanyl in San Francisco, California, 2021, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Evaluation of an Unsanctioned Safe Consumption Site in the United States, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine

Other notable works in the broader collection of papers associated with this area of research include:

  • Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Within Syringe Service Programs - United States, 2019, MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • Population-Level Health Effects of Involuntary Displacement of People Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness Who Inject Drugs in US Cities, 2023, JAMA
  • The naloxone delivery cascade: Identifying disparities in access to naloxone among people who inject drugs in Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA, 2021, Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Best Publications

  • Sexual Transmission of HIV-1 Among Injection Drug Users in San Francisco, USA: Risk-Factor Analysis

    Alex H Kral;Ricky N Bluthenthal;Jennifer Lorvick;Lauren Gee

  • High Prevalence of Abscesses and Cellulitis Among Community-Recruited Injection Drug Users in San Francisco

    Ingrid A. Binswanger;Alex H. Kral;Ricky N. Bluthenthal;Ricky N. Bluthenthal;Daniel J. Rybold

  • Fentanyl test strips as an opioid overdose prevention strategy: Findings from a syringe services program in the Southeastern United States.

    Nicholas Chalmer Peiper;Sarah Elizabeth Duhart Clarke;Louise B Vincent;Dan Ciccarone

  • Suicidal behavior and sexual/physical abuse among street youth

    Beth E. Molnar;Starley B. Shade;Alex H. Kral;Robert E. Booth

  • Is it justifiable to withhold treatment for hepatitis C from illicit-drug users?

    Brian R. Edlin;Karen H. Seal;Jennifer Lorvick;Alex H. Kral

  • Naloxone distribution and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training for injection drug users to prevent heroin overdose death: A pilot intervention study

    Karen H. Seal;Robert Thawley;Lauren Gee;Joshua Bamberger

  • The effect of syringe exchange use on high-risk injection drug users: a cohort study.

    Ricky N. Bluthenthal;Alex H. Kral;Lauren Gee;Elizabeth A. Erringer

  • Opioid-overdose laws association with opioid use and overdose mortality.

    Chandler McClellan;Barrot H Lambdin;Mir M Ali;Ryan Mutter

  • Overdose Prevention and Naloxone Prescription for Opioid Users in San Francisco

    Lauren Enteen;Joanna Bauer;Rachel McLean;Eliza Wheeler

  • Predictors and Prevention of Nonfatal Overdose Among Street-Recruited Injection Heroin Users in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1998–1999

    Karen H. Seal;Alex H. Kral;Lauren Gee;Lisa D. Moore

  • Prevalence of sexual risk behaviour and substance use among runaway and homeless adolescents in San Francisco, Denver and New York City

    Alex Kral;BE Molnar;RE Booth;JK Watters

  • Fatal heroin-related overdose in San Francisco, 1997–2000: a case for targeted intervention

    Peter J. Davidson;Rachel L. McLean;Alex H. Kral;Alice A. Gleghorn

  • Impact of law enforcement on syringe exchange programs: A look at Oakland and San Francisco

    Ricky N. Bluthenthal;Alex H. Kral;Jennifer Lorvick;John K. Watters

  • HIV seroprevalence among street-recruited injection drug and crack cocaine users in 16 US municipalities.

    Alex Kral;RN Bluthenthal;RE Booth;JK Watters

  • Characteristics of an Overdose Prevention, Response, and Naloxone Distribution Program in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

    Alex S. Bennett;Alice Bell;Laura Tomedi;Eric G. Hulsey

  • Collateral damage in the war on drugs: HIV risk behaviors among injection drug users

    Ricky N. Bluthenthal;Ricky N. Bluthenthal;Ricky N. Bluthenthal;Jennifer Lorvick;Alex H. Kral;Elizabeth A. Erringer

  • Prevalence and duration of hepatitis C among injection drug users in San Francisco, Calif.

    Jennifer Lorvick;Alex H. Kral;Karen Seal;Lauren Gee

  • A randomized controlled trial of monetary incentives vs. outreach to enhance adherence to the hepatitis B vaccine series among injection drug users

    Karen H. Seal;Alex H. Kral;Jennifer Lorvick;Alex McNees

  • Prescription Naloxone: A Novel Approach to Heroin Overdose Prevention

    Karl A. Sporer;Alexander H. Kral

  • Reinterpreting ethnic patterns among white and African American men who inject heroin: a social science of medicine approach.

    Philippe Bourgois;Alexis Martinez;Alex Kral;Alex Kral;Brian R Edlin;Brian R Edlin

  • Sexual Transmission of HIV-1 Among Injection Drug Users in San Francisco, USA

    Alex H. Kral;Ricky N. Bluthenthal;Jennifer Lorvick;Lauren Gee

Frequent Co-Authors

Ricky N. Bluthenthal
Ricky N. Bluthenthal University of Southern California
Brian R. Edlin
Brian R. Edlin National Development and Research Institutes
Philippe Bourgois
Philippe Bourgois University of California, Los Angeles
Gregory D. Kirk
Gregory D. Kirk Johns Hopkins University
Nancy L. Saccone
Nancy L. Saccone Washington University in St. Louis
Laura J. Bierut
Laura J. Bierut Washington University in St. Louis
Laurent Alric
Laurent Alric Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Marion G. Peters
Marion G. Peters University of California, San Francisco
Torsten B. Neilands
Torsten B. Neilands University of California, San Francisco
John W. Ward
John W. Ward Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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