Journal of
Public Health and Epidemiology

  • Abbreviation: J. Public Health Epidemiol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2316
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPHE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 655

Full Length Research Paper

A study on the fungi isolated from the carpeting, walls and prayer beads from the “New Mosque and Nuruosmaniye Mosque” situated in the province of Istanbul

Hanife Handan Paça
  • Hanife Handan Paça
  • Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Günay Tülay Çolakoğlu
  • Günay Tülay ÇolakoÄŸlu
  • Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey.
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  •  Received: 06 December 2016
  •  Accepted: 02 February 2017
  •  Published: 31 March 2017

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