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We propose an exploratory approach to help differentiate coexposure confounding from coexposure amplification of bias (CAB) for studies considering correlated coexposures using a case example and simulations based on observed relationships. Our example uses associations observed in published studies between co-occurring per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) biomarkers and tetanus antibody concentrations but could apply to any context where statistical modeling is performed with and without inclusion of correlated coexposures. Using directed acyclic graphs (DAGs), to define an assumed causal structure, and simulations of 3 PFAS predicting antibody titers, we show that if researchers can assume 1 component in the exposure mixture is correlated with the other components, but does not cause the outcome, then CAB can be detected by testing whether the estimate for the noncausal component in a multipollutant model is different from zero. 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