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MeSH Heading: Calcium, Dietary
Tree Number(s): D01.146.395
Unique ID: D002136
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002136
Annotation: /adv eff: coordinate with disease /‌etiol, not /‌chem ind; /‌ther use: coord with disease /‌diet ther
Scope Note: Calcium compounds in DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS or in food that supply the body with calcium.
Entry Term(s): Dietary Calcium
Pharm Action: Bone Density Conservation Agents
Registry Numbers: 0
Public MeSH Note: 1966
History Note: 1966
Entry Combination: chemistry:Calcium /chemistry
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2022/04/08

Entry Combination: chemistry:Calcium /chemistry
Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Calcium, Dietary MeSH Descriptor Data 2025