Chemicals and Drugs

Dietary Calcium

Calcium compounds in DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS or in food that supply the body with calcium.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Calcium compounds in DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS or in food that supply the body with calcium.

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Pharmacological Action

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Calcium, Dietary

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Aspects Covered

23 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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Indexing Annotation

/adv eff: coordinate with disease /etiol, not /chem ind; /ther use: coord with disease /diet ther

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History Note

1966

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Tree Number

  1. D01w.146.395w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Dietary Calcium. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002136. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002136
  2. Dietary Calcium. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_supplement
  3. Dietary Calcium. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28403082